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Pro-Trump Idaho Farming Town 'Nearly Destroyed' As ICE Raid Leaves Community Without Harvest Workers (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/LeopardsAteMyFace@lemmy.ca
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Nobody in Wilder, Idaho expected this. The tiny farming town of 1,725 people—where nine out of ten voters backed Donald Trump in 2024—is now scrambling to figure out what comes next after federal immigration agents swept through in mid-October and arrested more than 100 Hispanic workers at a local horse racetrack. So far, 75 people have been deported, and the farms that keep this place running are facing a labour shortage with no easy fix in sight.

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

We have to move forward and make reparations where possible, and try to live a better consumer lifestyle. But until billionaires are brought into check this world is rife with exploitation.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    We have to move forward and make reparations where possible

    Agreed, but it can be hard to find the path when it hasn't really been used for decades. At a certain point, you're just trampling a new path to somewhere, over the stuff that is just trying to exist in the gaps.

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